A/N: I hope you guys are all doing okay during this difficult time. I'm in my final weeks of college then I'm done until I start graduate school. But this chapter went longer than expected. Hope you enjoy.
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"The supernatural world has always been more real to me than the real world." – Anne Rice
Ch. 3: Supernatural World 101
Unsure if Jane's home was safe and also needed repair, Adam left Danielle's apartment to have a cleanup crew start and to make sure that their suspect was at their office. As the door closed behind him, Dani washed her hands while Jane and Maura were watching. "So the Governor and the Chief of Police know about…this," Jane asked, trying to wrap her head around everything she just learned.
"Yes," Dani answered. "Been in the loop since 1899."
"1899," Maura gaped. "The supernatural have been here for over one hundred years."
"Well that's when the Council and the Contract was established."
"The Council," Jane mumbled.
"The Contract," Maura repeated.
Dani turned off the sink and grabbed a towel to dry her hands. As she dried them, she continued, "The Council consists of four members who were…designated in. These days we vote for it but it's still the same for the last twenty years. The Contract is basically the big rules that's expected when becoming part of this community at least."
"You mean there's other communities?"
Dani nodded, "In the bigger city areas like New York and California."
"Ok…so those things were werewolves," Jane trying to figure out what happened in her apartment.
"Lycans technically. Werewolves are known as Untamed," Danielle retorted.
Maura gave a confused look and inquired, "Untamed?"
"Untamed are werewolves that are unable to change on their own accord, forced by the full moon and they have an untamed blood lust to kill," Danielle explained. "Lycans are those who are able to control their metamorphosis because they wear a silver chain with a coin written in Romanian."
"The coin we found," Jane pointed out. "It belongs to a Lycan."
"Yes but based on the carnage on the body…the Lycan is now a werewolf."
"Was the victim a human?"
"That we don't know but Doctor Crane should be able to do it."
"Crane? Not like-" Maura started
"No, not like Ichabod Crane. No relation."
"This a lot," Jane mumbled, rubbing her forehead.
She then felt Maura's hand touch the back of her neck, rubbing it slowly. It was a gesture not lost for Jane leaned toward the hand. "Maybe my house is safe for us to go to," Maura suggested to Jane as the other detective disappeared down the hallway.
"It could be," Jane agreed.
"It also could be a trap," Danielle retorted, coming back with two sets of clothes. She handed the first one to Jane then the other to Maura as she continued, "Most likely, knowing my partner, he'll check it out with the patrol car before you go back tomorrow morning."
"What about my Ma?"
"They already messed up, so I doubt that your mother has any issues, Jane."
Jane nodded, feeling her tension within lessen but she still worried. She was in unfamiliar territory; she was still pinching herself about the fact that she was attacked by whatever those creatures were. She was grateful that Danielle was letting her, and Maura stay at her apartment but also keeping them in the case now that the secret was out.
As Jane took her new change of clothes, she looked around the apartment. It was small place where furniture was simple, and the TV looked old as hell. It was a square box with cable antenna, kitchen was spotless clean (Danielle cleaned the blood), but it still mystified Jane because it seemed that this apartment was…out of touch with time.
"How did you become part of this," Jane asked Dani. "Adam is a supernatural being, so he automatically joined."
"Doesn't work like that." Danielle stepped out of her room with her clothes for the evening. "It was many years ago and let's just say that I had an encounter that brought me into this world." She removed her glasses, tossing them on the coffee table and continued, "Listen, we can continue this conversation in the morning, but I recommend some sleep. We have more to talk about tomorrow."
Jane nodded and looked at Maura who started to show signs of exhaustion. "You can sleep in my room," Danielle volunteered.
"Thank you," Maura hummed.
Jane stood up from the sofa and lifted Maura up, carrying toward the bedroom. Danielle opened the door and Jane took in the sight of the simple room. The bed was made nice and neatly; there was a desk in the far corner and a door that, most likely, led to the bathroom. There was two nightstands and closet but that was it.
Danielle untuck the bed and whispered, "So much for the spare clothes."
"She's not going to be happy if she wakes up in these clothes. She'll complained that they are wrinkled." Danielle gave a curious expression at these words and watched as Jane whispered into Maura's ear softly. The medical examiner then stood up, took the clothes that Dani carried with her, and walked to the bathroom.
"Good night Jane," Dani bowed her.
"Night."
As Dani closed the door behind her, Maura stepped out of the bathroom. She placed her clothes on the desk and walked to the bed. Jane changed her shirt quickly and kicked her pants off to place the shorts on then she slipped into the bed next to Maura.
Sensing Jane beside her, Maura scooted closer and wrapped her arm around Jane's waist. Feeling Maura's arm, Jane moved closer and kissed the top of Maura's head.
"Night Maur."
I love you.
R&I
With the door closed behind her, Danielle walked into her office and closed the door behind her. The room was completely dark, prompting the detective to open the curtains of the window, letting the moonlight in. She then walked to her desk that sat in the center of the room and flipped the switch on her lamp. The room illuminated to reveal some photos on the wall; black and white to color, different people as well as the same people in each photo.
On the other side of the wall were certificates and a bookshelf with many rows of books. She took a seat on the chair and leaned back, touching her forehead and taking in the sound of the ticking of the clock that rested on her wall.
I'm here…I'm here…
Danielle's head jerked, making her sit up and open her desk to reveal the many rows of light blue vials. She picked one up, looked at it then opened it to ingest it. She placed the vial back into the drawer and closed it then brought her attention to a file on her desk.
She picked it up and read the title aloud, "New Items in Vault."
Maura woke up to the sight of Jane fast asleep. She pushed back the strand of Jane's hair that was in the way before she slipped out of the bed. She stepped out of the bedroom to the hallway, walking to the main room.
"It looks that Doctor Isles' home is unscathed," she heard Adam state aloud.
"That's a good sign so that means that they either know that they are here with us or they don't know anything," Danielle retorted. "Did our suspect wake up?"
"Oh yeah, he's up and complaining how we have his medallion."
"He'll get that back once we talk with him about who sent him."
Maura entered the room fully to see Adam sitting in the chair once more and Dani standing with a cup in hand. The two brought their attention toward Maura and Dani greeted, "Morning Doctor."
"Please, call me Maura," Maura greeted back as she approached her closer.
"Want some tea?"
Maura nodded and Danielle placed a cup down then poured some tea for Maura. She took a seat next to Adam and had a sip from her cup. She looked at Adam and took in the sight of who is the former Frankenstein's monster. "May I inquire about your origins, Adam," Maura asked, trying to make sure she wasn't invading anyone's privacy.
Adam looked at Dani then back at Maura as he asked back, "What would you like to know?"
"Well, how much is true from the novel?"
"Most of it…except some sections."
The look in Adam's different colored eyes, made Maura ponder if she should continue her questioning. It almost seemed that it brought a dark shroud over him, but Dani continued it, "The murders weren't as they seem. Victor Frankenstein was…"
"A sociopath," Adam grumbled.
"Obsessed with trying to be a God. Let it go to his head and killed anyone who was in his path."
"Elisabeth," Maura inquired.
Adam flinched and stood up from his chair, mumbling, "I'm heading to the car. Meet you downstairs."
As Adam left the apartment, Maura looked back at Dani who sighed, shaking her head. "I'm sorry if I upset him," Maura apologized.
Dani shook her head, "Don't be. When it comes to discussing his past, he needs to remember that if he wants others to not fear him, they must know the real story."
"So the novels written…"
"Sometimes true with a hint of…fabrication."
"Elisabeth?"
"Elisabeth is a subject that only Adam can explain. By the way," Dani then gestured toward Maura's cheek, "you got a good bruise on your face."
Maura's eyes widened and she got up quickly, jogging back to the bathroom to look at the mirror. As she was gazing at her reflection, Jane woke up groggily to see the sunlight coming through and Maura. "Maur, what's wrong," she asked tiredly.
"I developed a contusion from last night's confrontation," Maura replied as she examined the light bruise around her eye and a bit of her cheek.
"It doesn't look too bad." Maura turned her head to see Jane leaning against the doorway. The detective pushed off from the frame and moved toward Maura, touching her chin and tilting it up to have their eyes meeting. Jane's thumb ran along the cheek and sighed, "I'm sorry."
"It looks awful."
"I think some of your make up will cover it up."
"You think so."
Jane nodded then for some reason, she leaned over and kissed Maura's forehead then the side of her face. Maura looked up at Jane and she cupped Jane's cheek; their eyes locked, and it seemed that they were being pulled toward each other until they heard a clearing of the throat.
Jane jumped back and looked over to see Danielle standing at her bedroom entryway. "Adam brought some clothes for you, Jane and Doctor Isles…I guess you had some clothes at Jane's place also. So here ya go," Dani placed the bag on the bed.
"Right…thanks," Jane blushed, opening the bag to pull out her clothes.
Once Maura and Jane were dressed, the three loaded up in Dani's cruiser and the detective drove through the streets of Boston. "Some supernatural walk among the humans. You would be surprised who is really a supernatural and who isn't," Danielle explained as she turned toward a guard booth.
The guard booth was blacked out much to Jane's surprise; to have the windows blacked out was not a good safety protocol. However, Danielle knocked on the window and a gravelly voice spoke, "What you want?"
"Bartu, open the gate," Danielle ordered.
"J! You know protocol about guests?"
Jane and Maura looked at each other and Danielle rolled her eyes. "Yes, I do know, Bartu but, they know about our situation," she informed the guard.
"Oh! Great! I'll let you guys in."
The gate then opened, prompting Danielle to drive through. Jane and Maura observed through the window to see a large warehouse which confused the two. A warehouse, Jane thought about, trying to figure out where this supposed unit was at.
It wasn't a bad area; it was isolated from the city and yet, out into the distance there was the open ocean. It seemed like it was an ordinary warehouse system, so it confused the two passengers.
"Bartu," Maura inquired.
"Gargoyle who sleeps most of the time as our guard," Danielle replied as she stepped out of the car then gestured toward the warehouse.
"A gargoyle?"
"Yeah, he hides in the black out guard shack. He sees us but we don't see him."
"It's a one-way mirror basically," Jane interjected.
"Yup, hence why you don't see his ugly mug," Danielle retorted, approaching the side door of the warehouse. She let her hand slide along the frame of the door until there was a click and a panel opened to reveal a keypad. With a swift action, Danielle typed the password into the keypad, making the warehouse door open.
"So what are we going to do about the rest of the team?"
"They should be arriving soon, but we'll discuss everything when they arrive which should be… Now."
A van pulled up the guard shack prompting a small wait until Bartu let them through. As the van pulled up, the door opened to reveal Korsak, Frankie, Nina, Susie, Drake and Frost. Frankie was the first to step out of the van with Korsak. He looked at his sister then at Maura before he asked quietly, "What the hell is going on?"
"It's best to have this conversation inside, Detective Rizzoli. We'll explain everything inside."
Confused by these words, Danielle gestured toward the warehouse, making them enter one by one. As they entered, their eyes widened at the sight of squad room that was before them.
It was almost similar to Jane's teams but there was a large plasma TV hanging from the wall and gray metal doors by it. There were only two desks that seemed to be occupied while there were other desks and tables that weren't. Standing in a corner was a tall figure which Jane and Maura figured was Adam, hiding his disfigurement from the newcomers.
"Welcome to Nightfall," Danielle introduced.
"What's going on, Janie," Korsak inquired, not understanding about this "Nightfall."
Jane and Maura looked at each other, their attention moved slowly back at Danielle who raised her hand, gesturing for Adam to step forward. The tall man walked slowly out from the corner and pulled down his hood, revealing his face which cause the others to gape in surprise.
Jane looked at her team and said softly, "It would be best if you sit down."
R&I
Listening to Jane and Maura about the ambush at her apartment, the team were concern and surprise then they were astonished. "You mean…he's…" Frost inquired, pointing toward Adam whose true identity was revealed.
"Yes," Maura nodded. "Adam is Frankenstein's creation."
"So…monsters are real," Frankie asked back.
Danielle winced at the word "monsters" and retorted, "Not all of them are monsters. The big example is behind me."
"Oh…right," Frankie gave a sheepish smile then gave a hand up in an apologetic manner.
Adam gestured for Frankie to place his hand down then clicked on the TV. The first images were the crime scene photos that prompted everyone to go into serious mode. "As all of you know that there was a murder out in a park. The attack as Doctor Isles wrote in her files, looks relatively like an animal attack," Danielle started. "To clarify for all of us now, the attack was possibly of Untamed or a Lycan. The probability is most likely is an Untamed."
"How so," Jane inquired.
"Like we discussed before if a Lycan gets a taste of human blood and they lose their medallion. It can have adverse effects; the bloodlust starts to take over and their metamorphosis is now out of their control."
"The moon becomes their imprisonment," Maura recalled.
"Yes."
"But what about the victim," Nina Holiday inquired, taking everything in as best as possible.
"Excellent question," a Scottish voice to reveal a person exiting from the elevator. Everyone's jaw dropped at the sight of a floating dress shirt and khaki pants with a lab coat. On the upper area was a pair of glasses which prompted Danielle to sigh and Adam to chuckle at the sight of their guests looking quite pale.
"Um…Doc, you need the face cream," Adam informed the doctor.
Though they could not see the doctor's expression, the doctor let a quick 'oh' and the pocket on his white coat ruffled a bit then a floating jar came out. As he opened the jar, the doctor rubbed the substance on his face to reveal facial features then on his hands before he placed some black gloves on.
"Doctor Jacob Harding," the doctor introduced himself.
"Doctor Harding as you can see was invisible prior. He was able to replicate the "Invisible Man's" formula," Danielle explained.
"The consequences unfortunately are that I can never be seen anymore." He then cleared his throat and gestured toward the TV, "To answer your question, young lady, our victim was human."
"What," Adam and Danielle both stated.
"That's a bad thing, right," Frost questioned, trying to take in Adam and Danielle's serious facial expressions.
Adam looked Dani. He touched her shoulder and stated quietly, "Dani, we need to tell the captain so a Council meeting can happen."
Dani nodded in agreement, "We also have our suspect from last night's incident so it would be best if you handle the Captain while I take Jane and the other detectives to the interrogation."
"He's in interrogation room one."
Dani nodded and Adam walked away from the group, heading toward a door with a glass window sign that said 'Captain'.
"What just happened," Jane inquired.
"If a human is ever attacked by a supernatural, it is critical for us to report it because it will most likely happen again."
Hearing these words, Jane looked at the captain's door then back at Dani. "So, where do we start," Jane asked, wanting to get started on work.
Jane and the detectives gathered with the squad room while Doctor Harding guided Maura and her two techs to the morgue which happened to be below the warehouse. As the elevator traveled, Doctor Harding turned over to Maura and placed his hand out to her, "It is a pleasure to meet you, Doctor Isles. I've read your work."
"Oh thank you, Doctor. I appreciate that and please call me Maura since we'll be colleagues."
"Excellent!"
Jane, Korsak and Frankie followed Danielle to a warehouse door, sliding it back to reveal another side of it. Frost and Nina stayed behind, looking at the files about the history of the supernatural world as well as look at the computer database that the Nightfall unit had. As Jane and the others walked into the other room, Jane looked around the room to see that it seemed to be a separate entity of itself.
There were two other doors with one-way mirrors, making Jane connect that they were interrogation rooms. The remainder of the room seemed odd for there were also video cameras at a nearby desk, monitoring those interrogation rooms with an infrared scope as well as the suspect's profile picture and other information.
"Um…definitely different that BPD," Korsak pointed out.
Danielle approached the computer system, looking at it. "The reason for the advance technology is to keep us a step ahead. Some supernatural beings tend to act out horribly in interrogation," Danielle explained.
"So this is all meant to make sure that they don't act out?"
"More of a safety precaution for them and us."
"What about him," Jane gestured toward the suspect in the interrogation room.
Danielle gestured toward the vault attached to a wall and spoke, "Without his pendant, he cannot change freely."
"So he's…sedated," Korsak questioned back.
"Not necessarily. Unless, there's a full moon outside."
"So what you have found on him," Jane inquired.
Danielle handed the file over to Jane and retorted, "Patrick Roswell. Age thirty-two with black hair and green eyes, no affiliation to a clan."
"Clan?"
"Lycans have a family clan because they were born into the clan or they were brought into it. Usually being brought into a clan is by being bitten by a Lycan, hoping it doesn't create a blood lust and then immediately, placing the medallion on. By placing the medallion on, it seals the freedom of change."
"If not," Frankie wondered.
"Becoming an Untamed with a very dangerous possibility of being killed if not restrained immediately."
"Gotcha."
Jane handed the file to Frankie then followed Danielle to the one-way mirror of the interrogation room. "You two stand out here while Jane and I go in there," Danielle stated.
"Wait, why am I going in," Jane questioned back.
"Since you're one of the lead investigators, you need to go in there with me." The detective smoothed out her shirt then took a deep inhale as she opened the door, letting Jane and herself inside the interrogation room.
Roswell growled, "Let me go."
Danielle pulled out the chair, sitting down in front of Lycan. "You can't be making demands, Mr. Roswell," Danielle stated, "You're the one who went and attacked a mortal which you know is against the rules."
"You can't do anything to me."
"I can't do anything," Danielle reemphasized. "You either answer my questions or I'll make sure that Council gives you the max punishment especially by O'Neil."
Jane watched as Roswell paled at the name of O'Neil, prompting him to swallow loudly. "You can't let O'Neil get a hold of me," Roswell begged.
"Then talk," Jane added, sensing this was the time to go for the jugular.
"Fine. Fine. I'll talk…I've worked for the bloodsucker before but not his boss. Bloodsucker's boss mentioned how he was upset with him because an Untamed was now loose, leaving a trail."
That confirms that it was an attack, Jane thought.
"The boss told bloodsucker that if he messed up again that the consequences were going to be like my friend."
"What happened to your friend?"
Roswell looked at Jane directly. "Broke his neck like a twig."
Jane looked at Danielle who seemed unfazed by the statement. She stood up from her chair, pushing it back underneath the table then spoke quietly, "Did you find out anything about the Untamed?"
"Nope and if I did, I wouldn't tell you," Roswell growled.
Danielle ignored this and as if by reflex, she opened the door behind her, leaving Jane in the room. About two minutes later, Danielle stomped back in and slammed the door behind her with a great thud. "Watch yourself," she warned Jane, handing the chair then prompting the detective to step back. Suddenly, Danielle shoved the table aside hitting the wall. Roswell gave a shocked expression and Danielle pulled out of her pocket a small item.
It was Roswell's medallion.
"Give that back," the Lycan barked.
"You are testing my patience," Danielle spoke quietly. "I'm not someone to test, Mr. Roswell."
Jane tried not to give her surprised away as Danielle's voice seemed to drop a lower octave. In addition, the British accent came back again, and it was thicker than usual. It seemed that Danielle had an American accent, not even a Boston region but it was there. However, when she was losing her patience or seemed angry, a British accent came back.
Maura knows those accents better than I do, Jane thought about.
Danielle twirled the medallion in her hand then tossed it to Jane. "Answer my questions and maybe, I might not take you in front of Council cause you are pushing it," Danielle informed Roswell. The Lycan looked at Danielle then at Jane before he sighed and nodded, knowing he had no choice. "Good, let's start with the Untamed, do you know who that is?"
"No. There's too many Untamed and usually they are in quarantine but this one…not many know who it is."
"You know who the victim is," Jane asked, taking a shot.
"Some mortal but she seemed to know the Untamed."
"She knew that the Untamed was a supernatural prior to the transformation," Danielle inquired with surprise laced in her voice.
"Yeah she knew…might have gotten her killed."
Danielle sighed. "Last question, you know who the head boss is?"
"No, Detectives."
The way he stated it; it was clear, and his eyes were directly staring at Jane. "He's telling the truth," Jane stated.
Danielle glanced back at Jane briefly before bringing her attention back to the Lycan. She placed her hand out to Jane who glanced down at her hand briefly until she realized that it was a gesture to return the medallion back. She handed the silver chain back to Danielle who walked up to Roswell and placed it around his neck.
He inhaled deeply and slouched back, rotating his neck as if relief came in that moment.
The two stepped out of the room and closed the door behind them. At the one-way mirror, Korsak, Frost, and Frankie were now joined by Adam who was observing everything. "Council has been called," Adam stated.
"We need the human identified before we go before them. They are not going to like anything we're going to say," Danielle informed.
Adam crossed his arms, "You mean Dracula won't enjoy hearing this."
Jane's head snapped to Adam, "Dracula? Like the Transylvanian vampire in books and movies?"
"Yes," Adam confirmed. He watched as Danielle approached the door to the squad room, "Dracula and Danielle don't get along well…then again, she doesn't get along with a majority of the Council."
"Is that a force of habit," Jane pondered aloud.
Korsak chuckled, "I would ask the same thing about you, Jane."
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